2021年惠州市第三中学高三英语三模试卷及答案
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2021年惠州市第三中学高三英语三模试卷及答案
第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Mirroring body language is a way to bond and to build understanding, It is a powerful tool that we use
without even knowing it.
The most obvious forms of mirroring are yawning and smiling. When you seesomeone yawn, you are likely to
yawn immediately. Smiling is also prettycontagious—seeing a smiling person makes you want to smile too.
Mirroring body language is a nonverbal way to say “I am like you, I feel the same”. Research shows that
people who experience the same feelings are likely to trust, understand and accept each other.
Women have the natural ability to pick up and understand body signals. Therefore, it is not surprising that a
woman is more likely to mirror another woman than a man is to mirror another man. That's why women are
regarded as better talkers, even if they might not really have more close friends.
It is interesting that when a man tries to mirror a woman's body language while she is talking, he may seem
to her as caring, intelligent and attractive.
Mirroring body language is an excellent way to build trust and understanding quickly. If you want to set up a
connection with a new person, mirror his or her gestures, sitting position, tone of voice and talking pace. This will
make them feel that there is something about you that they like.
While mirroring body language gains you acceptance, you still need to take into consideration your
relationship with the person you arc mirroring. If you are in a lower social position and are mirroring the body
language of your boss, he will view you as arrogant. However, if you want to defeat those who are trying to prove
superior to you, mirroring their body language will help defeat them and change their position.
1. What does the underlined word “contagious” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Powerful to show one's feelings. B. Affecting each other.
C. Attractive to the others. D. Being gentle to people around.
2. When copying others, body language, one usually can ______.
A. send wrong messages B. hide true feelings
C. avoid misunderstanding D. win others, acceptance
3. What might happen if you try to mirror your boss's body language? A. You will appear very attractive. B. It will help to soften his position.
C. You will seem unacceptably proud. D. It willbe a good way to build trust.
B
Improvements to energy efficiency, such as LED lights, are seen by many authorities as a top priority for
cutting carbon emissions. Yet a growing body of research suggests that arebound effect could wipe out more than
half of the savings from energy efficiency improvements, making the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate
change even harder to hit.
A team led by Paul Brockway at the University of Leeds, UK, looked at the existing 33 studies on the impact of
the rebound effect. First comes the direct rebound: for instance,when someone buys a more efficient car, they
may take advantage of that by driving it further. Then comes the indirect rebound: fuel savings leave the owner
with more money to spend elsewhere in the economy, consuming energy.
Although the 33 studies used different methods to model the rebound effect, they produced very consistent
estimates of its impact, leading the team to conclude that the effect wipes out, on average, 63 percent of the
anticipated energy savings.
“We're not saying energy efficiency doesn't work. What we're saying is rebound needs to be taken more
seriously,” says Brockway.
The idea that increased efficiency may not deliver the hopedfor savingsdates back to the Jevons paradox(悖论), named after the economist William Stanley Jevons, who, in 1865,observed that more efficient coal use led to
more demand for coal.
If the rebound effect does prove to be as big as suggested, it means future global energy demand will be
higher than expected and the world will need far more wind and solar power and carboncapture technology than
is currently being planned for.
But that doesn't mean nothing can be done to limit the rebound effect. One answer is to double down on
energy efficiency and do twice as much to achieve the same effect.
4. Which of the following is a rebound effect?
A. A man uses LED lights to cut carbon emissions.
B. A company uses coal more efficiently to reduce waste.
C. A family saves money by using energysaving devices.
D. A lady spends savings from her fuel efficient car on more clothes.
5. How did Paul Brockway's team carry out their research?
